ISTANBUL: Turkey on Thursday stated it opposes a army operation towards Iran, as US President Donald Trump had repeatedly talked about coming to assistance from the Iranian folks over the crackdown on protests.
“We’re towards a army operation towards Iran. We imagine the genuine issues of Iran ought to be resolved by themselves,” Overseas Minister Hakan Fidan instructed journalists in Istanbul.
He stated that Iran’s financial grievances had been “misunderstood as an rebellion towards” the Islamic republic.
The protests, which rights teams declare has left at the very least 3,428 folks useless, have seen 1000’s of individuals take to the streets in all corners of Iran towards a authorities with low tolerance for dissent.
The Iranian authorities was already battling an financial disaster after years of sanctions and recovering from the June struggle towards Israel.
Fidan known as for dialogue to the disaster.
“We completely need issues to be resolved by dialogue,” he stated.
“Hopefully, the US and Iran will resolve this concern amongst themselves — whether or not by mediators, different actors, or direct dialogue. We’re carefully following these developments.”
